Gerhard Bauch

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Bauch is a full professor (W3) and Head of the Institute of Communications at TU Hamburg. He holds a Dipl.Ing. in electrical engineering from TU Munich (1995) and a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in wireless communications (2001). He also earned a Dipl.-Volksw. in economics from FernUniversität Hagen (2001). His research focuses on wireless communications, signal processing, and antenna diversity techniques.

Prof. Bauch has held leadership roles including Project Manager at DOCOMO Euro-Labs (2004-2009), Adjunct Professor at TU Munich (2003-2008), and Visiting Professorships at University of Udine and Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt. His work includes pioneering contributions to turbo equalization and space-time coding.

• Awards: Multiple IEEE Best Paper Awards, IEEE Fellow (2015), and Distinguished Lecturer (2011-2015).
• Professional Experience: Extensive industry-academia collaboration, including roles at AT&T Labs (1998-1999) and DLR (1996).

His research group, 'Advanced Radio Transmission' at DOCOMO Euro-Labs, advanced 4G/5G technologies. Current work emphasizes next-generation wireless systems and vehicular communication networks.